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Re: Lost Irc administrator.



On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 05:18:27PM -0500, Gregory Cohen wrote:
> I am trying to set up an IRCd server where I can either limit the 
> creation of channels to a fixed number, or limit who (an op) can create 
> a new channel. I want to use this in a in office situation, and we've 
> had trouble with folks using the IRC server as a way to launch DDOS 
> attacks, and just to use our resources. We are not on any net, but we 
> are having trouble.

If you only use this in the office, I suggest you only allow
people from your office to connect to it in the first place.
This could mean put proper I-lines and/or use a firewall.

> I found a patch from 1988:
> 
> http://web.irc.org/mla/ircd-users/1998/msg00240.html
> 
> 
> but nothing more recent that this.
> 
> Any hints of where to go or what to do?

This should still work, if you adjust it a little.


Kurt